- Welcome to Read, Write, Roar.

Today, we're gonna be learning all about the letter, M. we'll be reading a poem about sounds, we'll learn a new high frequency word and we'll work together to build a sentence.

You're gonna need something to write on, like a piece of paper or a notebook and something to write with, like a pencil or a marker.

So go gather those things and then we'll start learning.

- [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by, the Michigan Department of Education, the state of Michigan and the W.K Kellogg foundation, additional support by and by viewers like you.

Thank you.

(upbeat music) - Hello readers, did you know readers and writers, use the alphabet to help us read words and write words.

Let's practice singing the alphabet together.

As we sing, I'll do the alphabet in sign language.

Let's get started.

Ready?

♪A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L♪ ♪M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V♪ ♪W, X, Y, and Z♪ ♪Now I know my ABCs♪ ♪Next time won't you sing with me♪ Great job singing and signing the alphabet.

Now, let's practice saying the alphabet letters as I point to them.

Let's try it.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Great job.

This time, when we go through the alphabet, we'll say the Alphabet's name and the sound it makes.

Say it with me.

Ready?

A says aa, B says b, C says k, D says d, E says ee, F says ff, G says g, H says ha, I says ii, J says ja, great job, keep it up.

K says k, L says el, M says mm, N says nnn, O says a, P says pa, Q says kwa, R says rrr, S says sss, T says t, awesome.

U says a, V says vvv, W says wu, X says xs, Y says ya, and Z says zzz, awesome job with those letter names and letter sounds.

(upbeat music) Now it's time to practice our sounds.

We have an apple, a tent, a lamp, and a hat.

Say apple with me, apple, apple begins with the sound aa, A, Point to the tent, tent begins with the sound t, say t with me, that's the letter T. Point to the lamp, lamp begins with the sound el, that's the letter L. Point to the hat, hat begins with the sound ha, that's the letter H, great job.

Now let's use some other words.

Say the word take, point to the picture that begins with the same sound as take.

Did you point to the tent?

Great, tent and take both begin with t, nice job.

Say hit, point to the picture that begins with the same sound as hit.

Did you point to the hat?

Awesome, hat and hit both begin with the sound, ha, H. Next next say Ash, point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as Ash.

Did you point to the apple?

Apple and Ash both begin with the sound aa, that's right, A.

Last, say lock a lock, point to the picture that has the same beginning sound as lock.

Did you point to the lamp?

Lamp and lock both begin with the sound el, L, great job practicing your sounds.

Now it's time to learn a new letter.

(upbeat music) Our new letter today is the letter, M. Can you say M?

This is an uppercase M, say uppercase M. And this is a lowercase m, say lowercase m. Let's try it one more time and I'll mix them up.

Ready?

Lowercase m, uppercase M, one more time.

Uppercase M, lowercase m, M makes the sound, mmm.

Watch my mouth as we practice making that sound, my lips press together and I kind of hum.

Watch, M says, mmm.

Say it with me.

Mmm.

Now let's look at some things that begin with the sound mmm.

Are you ready?

First I have milk.

Can you say milk?

Milk begins with the sound mmm, great.

Next, I have a monkey.

Can you say monkey?

Monkey begins with mmm, good and last I have a motorcycle.

Can you say motorcycle?

Motorcycle begins with the sound mmm, great job.

(chiming music) Now it's time to practice writing our uppercase and lowercase M. Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great.

First, let's start by skywriting it or you can write it on the carpet in front of you.

Are you ready?

Let's start with uppercase M, start at the top big line down, jump back up, diagonal line down to the bottom, diagonal line up and another big line down, uppercase M. Let's practice writing it together.

Ready?

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, diagonal line to the bottom, diagonal line to the top and another big line down, uppercase M. Let's do another one.

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, diagonal line to the bottom, diagonal line up and another big line down.

Great job.

Let's do one more, writers.

Start at the top, big line down, jump back up, diagonal line to the bottom, diagonal line to the top and another big line down, upper case M, great job.

Now, let's practice, lower case m, lower case m starts in the middle, with a little line down, slide up, curve around to the bottom, curve around to the bottom, two humps in the lowercase m. Did you practice sky writing it with me?

Let's do it one more time.

Ready?

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, curve around to the bottom, curve around to the bottom, lowercase m. Let's practice writing it.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, curve around to the bottom, up around to the bottom, lowercase m, great job.

Let's make another one.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, curve around to the bottom, up and curve around to the bottom.

Awesome, one last time.

Start in the middle, little line down, slide back up, curve around, slide back up, curve around, lowercase m, great job today, practicing sounds and learning a new letter.

(upbeat music) Readers, today we have a special read aloud planned.

This is a poem.

A poem is a special type of text, that kind of has a rhythm, similar to a song and in this poem today, we're going to hear lots of rhyming words.

Remember rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound, let's get started.

The title of our poem is called, Sounds All Around.

Remember the title is a name of something and sometimes the title can give us a clue, as to what we're going to be reading about.

What do you think our poem is going to be about?

Did the title give you a clue?

Did you say that it's about, all of the sounds around us?

If you did, you're right.

The author of this poem is Jody Pung, that's me.

I wrote the poem for us today.

Let's get started.

I want you to watch as we're reading today, how I track across the paper, that's the direction we read in.

We read across and then down, let's get started.

Listen carefully for those rhyming words.

Sounds All Around, by Jody Pung.

Listen closely.

What do you hear?

Sounds from afar, sounds quite near, the beat of a drum the buzz of a bee, the roar of a lion, the sounds of the sea, close your eyes and open your ears, hear your heart pound, find the sounds all around.

Great job readers.

Now this time, I want you to tell me to stop, if you hear some words that rhyme and I'll underline them with my marker.

Let's try it.

Sounds All Around, by Jody Pung.

Remember, say stop, if you hear words that rhyme, words that have the same ending sound, let's try it.

Listen closely, what do you hear?

Sounds from afar, sounds quite near.

Did you say stop?

That's right.

I heard some rhyming words.

Here and near, rhyme.

They both have the ear sound at the end.

Let's underline them, here and near, great job readers, let's keep searching.

The beat of a drum, the buzz of a bee, the roar of a lion, the sounds of the sea, did you say stop?

You heard some rhyming words?

Me too.

Point to 'em, if you can.

Bee rhymes with sea, that's right.

Bee and sea, rhyme.

They both have the E sound at the end, great job.

Let's see if we can find one more pair of rhyming words.

Close your eyes and open your ears, hear your heart pound, find the sounds all around.

Did you hear the rhyming at the end?

Point to the words that rhyme, pound and around, let's underline 'em.

Pound and around, great job readers.

You helped me read our poem today and we found lots of words that rhymed, great job reading and writing today.

(upbeat music) Friends, we've been doing so much learning today.

Now, it's time to stand up and move our bodies.

Today, we're gonna play, Alphabet Exercise.

Stand up with me.

When I roll my dice, whatever letter we land on, we'll do an exercise that begins with that letter, let's try it.

Ready?

I got the letter K. How about we do some kicks?

Can you kick with me?

Show me your kicks, ready?

Kick, kick, kick, do two more.

Kick, kick, kick, great job.

Let's do another roll, this time, I got the letter R, what begins with R?

Hmm.

R makes the sound rrr, I know, let's run in place.

Can you run with me?

Run as fast as you can, keep running, great job.

You're pretty fast.

Whew.

Let's roll again and see what else we get, this time, I get the letter S, S makes the sound sss.

I know let's stretch.

Can you show me how you stretch your arms?

Stretch your arms out, stretch your arm to the side, now stretch the other one.

Can you stretch up high?

Great job stretching, let's do one more roll.

Ready?

We got the letter, J. Hmm.

J makes the sound ja, what exercise might begin with the sound ja?

I know, let's do some jumping jacks.

Can you do jumping jacks with me?

Get your arms ready, here we go.

One, two, three, four, five, great job.

That was fun doing Alphabet Exercise.

(upbeat music) Friends, it's time to learn a new word.

We have a new high frequency word today.

A high frequency word, is a word that you see often, when you're reading in text.

Our word today is the word, was, can you say was?

Let's read our sentence and see if we can find the word was.

What was that sound?

There's a question mark.

Our sentence today is a question.

Can you point to the word, was, in our sentence?

And I'll underline it.

Do you see the word, was?

There it is, let's underline it.

Was, let's say the sounds and the word was, ready?

Wa, aa, zzz.

Three sounds in the word, was.

The first sound is the sound wa, do you know what letter makes that sound?

W. Watch me write a lowercase w, down, up, down and up, there's my w. The next sound is the sound, aa and in this word, the aa sound is made by the lowercase a.

Watch me write a lowercase a, start in the middle, around, close it up and a little line down, a.

The last sound in the word, was, is zzz and in this word, the S is making the zzz sound.

Watch me write a lowercase s, around and back, lowercase s, great job, was, watch me trace it with my finger and you can trace it on the carpet in front of you, or you can write it in the air.

Watch, w, a, s, spells, was, great job today readers and writers, you learned a new high frequency word, was.

(upbeat music) Friends, it's time to write.

Do you have something to write on and something to write with?

Great.

The words for my sentence got all mixed up, so I need your help to put my words back together.

Let's see what it says.

That, what, sound, was, that doesn't make sense.

My sentence today is supposed to say, what was that sound?

Can you help me count the words in my sentence?

What, was, that, sound, how many words do I need?

Four words.

I'm gonna draw a line for each word.

You can do this on your paper too.

What, was, that, sound.

What was that sound?

Let's search for the first word in our sentence.

The first word in our sentence today is the word, what, do you see the word, what?

What sound does it begin with?

What, do you know what letter makes that sound?

Wa, W, you're right?

Can you point to the word that says what?

Is this the word, what?

No, this is the word, what.

We know this is the right word, because it has an uppercase W and my sentence must start with an uppercase letter.

So let's put the word, what, first in our sentence today.

What, the next word we need is the word, was, that was our high frequency word today.

Do you remember it?

Was, w, a, s, can you point to the word was?

There it is.

There's the word, was, that will be our next word in our sentence.

What was, the next word we need is the word, that, do you see the word that?

That starts with the sound Th and that's T, H, can you point to the word that begins with T, H?

There it is, that, what was that?

Sound, the last word is sound and we have one word left.

Sound begins with the sound sss and that's S. There it is.

What was that sound?

Today, we've been learning all about the sounds around us.

What was that sound?

There's my sentence.

Is this sentence asking or telling?

What do you think?

This is an asking sentence, that means I need a question mark at the end.

The question mark is our punctuation.

Watch how I write a question mark.

A question mark, goes around, like a backward C and down, then a little dot at the bottom, question mark.

What was that sound?

Let's listen closely.

Do you hear any sound?

I hear the chirping of a bird.

I'll draw a bird to match my sentence.

You can draw whatever you hear.

Maybe you hear a dog barking or a baby crying, or a car's horn honking, whatever you hear, draw a picture to match.

I'll draw a bird since I heard chirping, to make a bird, I'm gonna use an oval sideways for the body.

There's my body.

I'll make a circle head and how about a triangle beak?

I need an eye and some legs, of course.

I'll use straight stick legs like this.

You can do this too.

My bird must have a wing.

There's the wing and of course, some tail feathers.

There's my bird.

What sound did I hear?

I heard chirping, great job today writers, be sure to share your sentence and your picture with someone in your home today.

(upbeat music) Today, we learned all about the sounds all around.

We read a poem, we learned all about the letter M, we learned a new high frequency word and we worked together to build a sentence.

Great job today readers and writers, I'll see you next time on Read, Write, Roar.

- [Narrator] This program is made possible in part by, the Michigan Department of Education, the State of Michigan and the W. K Kellogg foundation, additional support by and by viewers like you.

Thank you.

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